Example sentences of "but [verb] are " in BNC.
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| 1 | Needs are few , but wants are many . |
| 2 | There 's nothing to suggest the crimes are connected at this stage but wqe are keeping an open mind . |
| 3 | But times are changing . |
| 4 | IT LOOKS like Ron Dixon and son Mike ( above ) have just nicked a TV , but times are n't that hard in Brookside Close . |
| 5 | It is about 70 seconds until the next anatomical crudity — Fred commenting , ‘ My balls are soft , but times are hard . ’ |
| 6 | But times are different . |
| 7 | But times are not what they were three or five years ago . |
| 8 | But times are changing . |
| 9 | Crews from all over the world were competing at Henley this weekend … for women rowers this is the big event of the year … but times are a changing … there 'll be a women 's single sculls at this years main Henley Regatta … they 've been there before in invitation races or coxing in men 's crews but competing in international competition is quite a breakthrough |
| 10 | In the dark old days rugby tours never went further than the west country or Wales … but times are changing fast as the sport gets more professional … you have to think big time now to win matches and survive in the first division … that 's why Gloucester 's new full-time director Barrie Corless and coach Keith Richardson took the players off to Italy for a two match tour |
| 11 | They will have to sweat it out — but gone are the expansive days when the Japanese banks were the world 's lender of first resort . |